Onion Planting Guide from Dixondale Farms

For those who are new at planting onions, this is a great resource.

http://www.dixondalefarms.com/downloads/OnionPlantingGuide.pdf

thanks
great info
i m trying my second year with onions
last year i only got golf ball size onion and they were TX sweets .

Make sure you get the right kind for your region. If you check the Dixondale site, it'll tell you if you should grow short-day, intermediate-day or long-day onions.

thanks
:)

i sure wish i had found them earlier
i ordered from another place
and they didn't say if they were long or short day onion. hmmm
i wonder if i can cancel them and order from Dixon. they just seem to have more info on how to grow them.
i got an TX sweet and a white spanish and one called a red hamberger
saw the thread on at the Farmers Markets on onion , great info !

You may be able to do a search for the type of onion you ordered in Google or here in the Plant Files. You might be able to find out if it's short-day, intermediate-day, or long-day.

i believe the TX SWeet is a short and the white spanish is a long day. That is what i got from the Dixon site. :)
i will google them . see what i can come up with .

The Texas Sweet is I'm guessing, the 1015? It is a short day variety.

oh yes sorry it is the 1015
i am wondering if it will do ok in the Ohio area 5b . ? i think the long day onions do better here in the Northern states. ? so i read .
:)

You could probably call and ask them, or email them. I think they will grow, you just won't get as good a crop.

yes i called and they did say they won't get as big. I may just cancel that order. No point spending $$ when the crop isn't right for my area and won't get the size. That is just me though LOL
a bit disappointing on the website ,no instructions, nor does it say if they are long or short day ?
well i guess you live and learn. Good thing i got DG to help . :)

Stephanie -- which ones are you planting?

I have 3 bunches of 1015Y (yellow), 2 bunches of Red Burgundy, and I'm thinking of going back and getting 1 bunch of the Crystal Wax. I plan on spacing them throughout the garden, not planting them all in one place. I'm trying some companion planting this year.

Food for thought.. I grow many many onions.. some I start ( 2 flats) and order at leastwo bunches of at least three varieties..

Inadvertantly, in the beginning I was unaware of long and short day varieties. Not only do most thrive, but I was running out of room as i always over order and planted what turned out to be short day next to the house in afternoon shade. Tx supersweets and vidalias were perfect other than being an inch or two smaller than they should be, My afternoon shade spots have been overflowing with the juiciest short day onions ever since.....

Just a thought for the 'i didn't know it couldn't be done - so i did it' types like me.
-joe-
(I still have trouble with my reds getting big and tasty but not getting very red)